Women with newly diagnosed breast cancer and their perceptions of needs in a health-care context: A focus group study of women attending a breast diagnostic centre in Norway

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 7B, 2008, Pages 192-200

  Landmark, Bjørg Th ^a   Bøhler, Ann ^a   Loberg, Kari ^b   Wahl, Astrid K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^b Sykehuset Buskerud HF   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Chronic illness; Focus group; Health care; Nurses; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATION; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NORWAY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NORWAY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN;

EID: 44949115384     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02340.x     Document Type: Article

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